Title: Restrict Uploads
Author: Syed Balkhi
Published: <strong>July 27, 2011</strong>
Last modified: July 28, 2011

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Restrict Uploads

 By [Syed Balkhi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/restrict-uploads.0.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/restrict-uploads/)

## Description

This plugin works silently in the background to restrict uploads to specified file
types only (jpg, gif, png). It adds no options page, no external objects on your
site, or anything else therefore it has no baring on your site’s load time.

[Check out my other plugins](https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/profile/smub)

[Visit WPBeginner for any tutorials or support](http://www.wpbeginner.com)

## Installation

 1. Upload our plugin to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

[Follow this excellent Step by Step Guide to Install a Plugin by WPBeginner](http://www.wpbeginner.com/beginners-guide/step-by-step-guide-to-install-a-wordpress-plugin-for-beginners/)

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Restrict Uploads” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/)

[Translate “Restrict Uploads” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/restrict-uploads)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/restrict-uploads/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/restrict-uploads/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/restrict-uploads/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/restrict-uploads/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.1

 * Fixed the URL Path

#### 0.1

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.1**
 *  Last updated **15 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.2.1**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/)
 * Tags
 * [restrict uploads](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restrict-uploads/)[restrict uploads by file type](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/restrict-uploads-by-file-type/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-uploads/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Syed Balkhi ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/smub/)

## Support

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